Jigged Delrin

[Doug Add]

I prefer natural material for knife handles (bone and wood especially), but these two stockmen made by Schrade have some interesting jigged delrin handles.

Let's see photos of your jigged delrin handled knives that imitate a natural material appearance.

 

[Blues]

Queen

Case

 

[Peter Parker]

Nice old jigged delrin guys! I hold this one in the same regard as my more natural handled traditionals...

 

[Blues]

Well, as with most things...there's "jigged delrin" and then there's "jigged delrin"!

Fortunately for me, the following two Camillus built Remingtons received makeovers courtesy of my good friends Ken Erickson and Jerry Halfrich.

(Disclaimer: The stockman received Ken's jigged micarta scales. The equal end rec'd green canvas micarta, so neither upgrade technically fits the subject matter at hand. Just wanted to show what could be done with them if the jigged delrin was beyond the pale.)

Before:

After:

 

[Doug Add]

Love that jigged micarta Elliott!

The delrin on this Case 6344 HE is gouged and scratched and worn -- a true working man's knife.

 

[Blues]

The Case delrin has never bothered me. The dark brown color is unobjectionable and often folks (even on this site) will confuse it for bone. That means it was done well imho.
Same with your Schrades. Some others...not so much.

 

[338375]

Elliott, It's amazing how much difference there is, in the Camillus knives that were re-scaled. I always liked Camillus knives, and think they made a fine knife, but yours takes them to an entirely different level :thumbup:

I do likes the old Schrade Walden jigged Delrin. Heres a few... The 293 traper, actually saved me from a terrible steak knife, at the Outback Steakhouse about a week ago

These two are my absolute favorites...

I included this picture, just because I think it is really cool You won't see the original tubes, with the price sticker on them often. It's hard to believe these great knives use to sell for this price

 

[richstag]

I am not ashamed to say that some of these could sure fool me.

 

[TLARbb]

I am not ashamed to say that some of these could sure fool me.

Yep, me too.

Ed J

 

[Blues]

I think we've all had to perform a test or two on covers to determine if they were bone or synthetic. No shame in that, for sure.

 

[mrrampro]

First is my newly acquired A.G. Russell Grandaddy Barlow.

This is from a great little Schrade Jack Knife

 

[Bob W]

Some of that stuff is pretty convincing, at least in photos. The Uncle Henry Plasti-Stag, on the other hand, isn't going to fool anyone.

 

[Nixelplix]

My Western folding hunter:

 

[meako]

http://i625.photobucket.com/albums/tt339/jonmeakin/2012-08-05015824.jpg

I think the trick with delrin is that the colour should be consistent right across the scale. Look at how it fades out to a wishy washy undertone at the bolsters on many knives. Dougs are just how it should be.
My boss is a knife head and a country boy and he commented on the niceness of the stag handles on the UH stockman. Staglon(i love that name). Even our brothers from the orient do it well.Thats a taylormade Schrade by itself. The one at the bottom of the group is blue bone just to compare.
cheers.

 

[Doug Add]

Mike, what is the small jack knife next to the 881? Easy to see why they are your favorites.

These two are my absolute favorites...

 

[338375]

Mike, what is the small jack knife next to the 881? Easy to see why they are your favorites.

Doug, the knife next to the 881 is a 219

Here is another smaller one. It is a 272...

I forgot about this one. I haven't seen another early Schrade, with scales that were this light in color. I don't know if was caused by something a previous owner did, or if that was the way it came when it was new.

 

[hank_rearden]

Let's see photos of your jigged delrin handled knives that imitate a natural material appearance.

of all jigged patterns i like the one like those in the lower one; especially if it's at an angle off the axis, on an un-bolstered swell-end handle, and the jig goes down into the edges of the handle scales.

 

[hank_rearden]

now this one's a stunner. absolutely no blank surface. it's all jigging.

 

[supratentorial]

First is my newly acquired A.G. Russell Grandaddy Barlow.

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Woah! A barlow with a figural barlow shield with a figural barlow shield.

 

[Humppa]

Here´s a jigged Schrade in Delrin I got as a gift from Peruna1998